Amethyst & Emerald Blog - Thursday 25th May 2023

 Happy Thursday, everybody! Phew - another half term done and the children have all worked extremely hard at all the learning opportunities presented to them in the last 6 weeks. It has been lovely to see everyone taking a keen interest in the work we have done as part of our "Down At The Bottom of The Garden" project - be it finding out about our common garden birds and flowers or finding out more about Charles Darwin by visiting Down House!

After half term we will be looking more closely at the different minibeasts that are all around us, so if you can, take advantage of the good weather and get a bit closer to nature to find out about the fascinating microscopic world that is all around us!

We would like all the children to have a relaxing week off, so we are not sending homework books home this week but if you can keep up the reading little and often this will have a hugely positive effect on their progress.

Have a wonderfully relaxing break!

Much love

Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille

Amethyst & Emerald Blog - Friday 19th May 2023

 Happy Friday, everybody! Amazingly, we are going into our last week before Half Term! The last few weeks are always very busy so here are a few dates to be aware of in our last Half Term:

• Friday 30th June - Sports Day (KS1 in the afternoon)
• Wednesday 4th July - Open School 4:30pm-6:30pm

Whole School Sumdog National Competition

Calling all you amazing mathematicians!

You have been entered into the Sumdog Competition. It starts on Friday 19th May at 3:30pm and finishes on Thursday 25th May. Why not have a go and get your class on the school leaderboard?

I will be monitoring how well each class is doing and the winning class will get extra playtime! Let's show everyone what great mathematicians we are!

Good luck

From Mrs Hurley

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 56 &57.

For both Year Groups, this continues to look at the area of time.

Keep practicing these areas as outlined in the homework books and relate them as much as possible to your child's everyday life. We will leave the same links as before to help support this learning at home.

Months Game 1

Months Game 2

Time Games

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions we have discussed previously as well!

If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you!

Have a fantastic weekend - don't forget next week the children are only in school Monday - Thursday before breaking up for half term.

Best wishes

Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille

Amethyst & Emerald Blog - Friday 12th May 2023

 Happy Friday, everybody! We have been busy this week in Key Stage 1 looking closely at the characters in "The Gruffalo" in English and exploring addition and subtraction strategies in Maths.

Coronation Celebrations

As promised, here is a link to our Special Events page on our website for some photos of Key Stage 1 performing "Sing A Song Of Six Pence" to the rest of the school. We all enjoyed it very much!

Coronation Performance

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 54 & 55.

For both Year Groups, this is looking at the area of time.

For Year 1's this looks at days of the week and months of the year.. Being able to sequence the days of the week and the months of the year is an important area in time and underpin all the later work that we do going into Year 2. Think about the different things you do on certain days and the key events of the year and in which month they happen.

Months Game 1

Months Game 2

For Year 2's this looks at reading the time on analogue clocks. Read carefully through the page which explains this concept and be patient - time can be a very challenging area of the maths curriculum! There are lots of time games on the link below to help practice your clock reading skills:

Time Games

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions we have discussed previously as well!

If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Best wishes

Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille

Amethyst & Emerald Blog - Friday 5th May 2023

 Happy Friday, everybody! What an exciting day we have had today as part of our Coronation Celebrations!

Coronation Celebrations

Today, everybody looked fab in their red, white and blue clothes! We all enjoyed making flags and crowns ready to watch Pearl and Quartz class crown King Charlie! Then in the afternoon, each Phase group performed a short song or poem based on a royal theme. Amethyst and Emerald class shared the song "Sing A Song Of Six Pence" with some small drama moments - it was all very lovely! We will be updating our Special Events page on our website next week.

We hope you all continue to enjoy your own Coronation Celebrations over this long weekend - if you do anything exciting we would love to see a photo!

Maths Homework

This week, we would like you to look at pages 52 & 53.

For Year 1's this looks at money. The use of coins in shopping is becoming less and less common in our everyday lives but it is still part of the curriculum for the children to recognise the different coins we have and use different combinations of coins to make amounts. Dig out your change drawer and practise making amounts and counting money. There are lots of games in the link below that support the concepts of money in Key Stage 1.

For Year 2's this continue to look at money. Again, keep exploring this concept practically using real coins but also using the games featured in the link below:

Money Games

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions we have discussed previously as well!

If you have any issues or questions, please, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you!

Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend - again!

Best wishes

Mr Jude & Mrs Yuille